Alayemi Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Alayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 334 | 1:530,368 | 26,081 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Alayemi (14) may also be a first name.
Alayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alayemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 809,613th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Alayemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Alayemi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alayemi is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 530,368. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 44 percent reside, Oyo, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Alayemi is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alayemi
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